EXPLORE: 30 MINUTES
Watch episode 3. If you are unable to view episode three in its entirety then students will need to watch the following segments to support their learning experience. As students watch each segment have them stop and answer each of the questions below in their science notebook. At the conclusion of all segments, encourage students to add to or modify their thinking.
- Minute beginning to 2:58
- What evidence of weather and climate are depicted or explained in this segment?
- Minute 3:03 to 5:00
- What evidence of weather and climate are depicted or explained in this segment?
- Minute 15:45 to 17:00
- Explain the evidence corals provide Dr. Kim Cobb?
- Minute 19:50 to 23:06
- What evidence does Dr. Heidi Cullen provide to students to explain human caused climate change? What was her “aha” moment?
- What evidence does Dr. Radley Horton provide to students to explain the excessive storm surge from Superstorm Sandy? Sketch his visual.
- Minute 44:49 to 46:44
- What conclusions is Dr. Cobb starting to draw from the corals about the human impact on El Niño’s?
- In two generations, Dr. Cobb expects another meter of sea level rise around Christmas Island. How will this impact her research?